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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1913
Page
11
Henry, Illinois reports on a week of community happenings including visits by residents to nearby towns, a memorial service, school notes, a horse theft case leading to arrests, and upcoming entertainment. Notable items include Miss Ila Herron’s visit, a St. Clair brothers arrest, Emerson’s boat show in Henry, and the death of Douglas S. Chance with funeral details.
The Woman's club met May 12 at Mrs George Halbleibh's home with President Mrs Charlotte Sparling presiding. May 1 breakfast report from the Economics club of Chicago featured Miss Bella Evans as Henry club delegate. Reports from Pekin federation meeting discussed. program by Mrs Harlin on American poets with poems read. leaflet from Mr Samuel Parker shared. Several members absent. guests Mrs Rising of Santa Fe New Mexico and Mrs Seipe of Putnam attended. Social hour and refreshments by Miss Evans concluded.
Full membership for Marshall County Boys Corn Club announced with a local note on the club’s Constitution and By-Laws. Members include Henry Kennedy Helper as chair, plus Williams Auk land Schubert Stoner Lane McMahon Hodge and others from Lacon Clarence Sparland Washburn La Rose Minonk Toluca and Toluca areas. Private families with Henry Bottling Works bottles or cases are asked to notify and a pickup will be arranged by phone 44.
More than 100 pupils enter the interscholastic literary and athletic events. The Wenona meet Friday night and Saturday will feature first and second class declamations, tennis teams from Lacon Sparland Toluca Varna and Wenona, and a Sunday School convention program in Henry Township.
Sabbath school at 9:45 a m with preaching at 11 a m by the pastor on Thy Kingdom Come. Christian Endeavor at 6:30 p m. Township Sunday School convention at 2:30 and 7:30 p m. Mothers Day notes and thanks for flowers and music. St Mary’s Church notes mass times 8 a m 10 a m 2:30 p m and daily 8 a m except Saturday 7 a m. Rev Fr Gensler and Rev H C Reichel named.
St Josephs Church announces Sunday mass at 830 and 1030 am with weekday services at 8 am. The public is invited. Rev Fr Brennan pastor. An optician, J E Carlson, will visit Henry on Tuesday instead of Monday. Next visit Tuesday May 20 from 1 to 5 pm. Make your words pleasant. you may have to swallow them.
A collage of local items notes a Detroit Pike county mare yielding twin colts, a grain elevator recovery by Turner Hudnut, and a frank household line about a crowded clothes-line. It also reports a tiny seven and a quarter ounce fully developed baby, bequest splits from a Pike county estate, and a daylight robbery in Peoria. A debate over anti pass legislation, the Wilson administration, and a judge's quip on pay envelopes frame broader commentary on gender roles and economics.
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